But what is the actual role of current, new architecture in Graz?

This guide, or rather companion to a selection of building projects and buildings, looks into this question. Selective tours of the city highlight the components of a contemporary, a different profile of architecture that arises from the perspectives and viewpoints of an expert international editorial committee and that gels into a single picture.

In themed sections, Marie-Hélène Contal, Paris, Grigor Doytchinov, Sofia, Peter Blundell Jones, Sheffield, Walter Titz, Graz, Maria Welzig, Vienna, and Frank R. Werner, Münster, have chosen and commented on more than 120 objects of architecture built in the period 1990-2003. The result is an informative description of the architecture scene of the past decade, detailing the different positions and approaches taken by various generations of architects, the so-called „Grazer Schule“, and the generations that followed.

A handy book, in German and English, that presents new and the latest architecture in Graz to an audience of experts and to a wider public in a many-faceted, multi-layered manner. On a round trip of the city, „Graz Architecture“ is intended to provide exciting information on site and for casual browsing at home, and aims to help the reader understand the building culture of this city, awakening interest in the culture and architecture of Graz.